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| Author(s): | D. Penney (Ed.) |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| ISBN: | 0849384176 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 777pp | |
| Price: | £94.00 |
| Review Date: | 02 February 2008 |
| Review: | CO remains the number one ‘poison’ in our environment in terms of its ‘brain-killing’ potential, and its potential fro overall immediate and long-term health harm. This thick volume follows on from the author’s two previous books on CO toxicology. It covers new areas such as the law, rehabilitation, personal experience with CO poisoning, educating the public about CO using the Web etc. It also provides new data on CO poisoning. The 35 chapters by authors from the US, UK, Australia and Canada, take an innovative look at how one can identify, treat and prevent harmful exposure to CO. In particular, this volume: takes a critical look at the efficacy of hyperbaric therapy in decreasing the damage caused by CO poisoning; illustrates the use of scanning techniques to reveal damage from CO poisoning; gives new data on persistent health damage caused by chronic CO exposure; and dispels common misconceptions about how long CO stays in the body, its effects, and how it can be treated. |